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Here’s The Story Behind That Viral Video Of Napoleonic Armor Smashed Through By A Cannonball
Artillery

Here’s The Story Behind That Viral Video Of Napoleonic Armor Smashed Through By A Cannonball

Documents found on one of Napoleon's young heavy cavalrymen who fell at the Battle of Waterloo reveal the history behind the mangled armor.

A Falcon 8X Business Jet Just Flew Through Star Wars Canyon Like A Fighter (Updated)
U.S. Homeland

A Falcon 8X Business Jet Just Flew Through Star Wars Canyon Like A Fighter (Updated)

After a 2019 ban on military aircraft flying through it, Star Wars Canyon was filled with jet noise once again today.

Boeing Reveals New Hypersonic Aircraft Model Evolved From Previous Valkyrie Concept (Updated)
SR-72

Boeing Reveals New Hypersonic Aircraft Model Evolved From Previous Valkyrie Concept (Updated)

Boeing's latest hypersonic aircraft design could potentially be used for various military missions or as a space launch mothership.

Russian-Led ‘Peacekeeping Force’ To Deploy To Kazakhstan In Response To Unrest
Russia

Russian-Led ‘Peacekeeping Force’ To Deploy To Kazakhstan In Response To Unrest

The Russian-led Collective Security Treaty Organization will intervene directly in one of its member state's affairs for the first time ever.

Air Force’s Small Telescope Tech Will Help Detect Enemy Satellites Sneaking Up On Friendly Ones
U.S. Air Force

Air Force’s Small Telescope Tech Will Help Detect Enemy Satellites Sneaking Up On Friendly Ones

The previously classified Starfire Optical Range aids astronomers while enabling the Space Force to better detect and track small objects in space.

North Korea Claims It Successfully Tested A New ‘Hypersonic Gliding Warhead’
North Korea

North Korea Claims It Successfully Tested A New ‘Hypersonic Gliding Warhead’

North Korea's lust for hypersonic glide vehicle weapons makes perfect sense, but can it overcome huge technological hurdles?

Korean F-35 Fighters Grounded After ‘Major Systems Malfunction’ Leads To Belly Landing
South Korea

Korean F-35 Fighters Grounded After ‘Major Systems Malfunction’ Leads To Belly Landing

The grounding order follows yesterday's belly-landing incident involving a Joint Strike Fighter at Seosan Air Base.

Army Green Berets Brought Out Their Newest Sniper Rifle For A Celebrity Shoot-Off
Green Berets

Army Green Berets Brought Out Their Newest Sniper Rifle For A Celebrity Shoot-Off

Army Green Berets first began receiving their new Advanced Sniper Rifles last year and conventional units are now set to get versions of these guns.

Marine F/A-18 Hornets Bolster U.S. Presence In Saudi Arabia
U.S. Marine Corps

Marine F/A-18 Hornets Bolster U.S. Presence In Saudi Arabia

Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 115 has deployed at Prince Sultan Air Base to join the resident Air Expeditionary Wing.

Air Force Releases List Of What’s In Its Famous ‘Petting Zoo’ Threat Training Facility
Air Combat Exercises

Air Force Releases List Of What’s In Its Famous ‘Petting Zoo’ Threat Training Facility

Nellis Air Force Base's 'Petting Zoo' houses a big collection of foreign military equipment for use in familiarization, training, and threat analysis.

Video Emerges Of Centurion Cannon And Missile Repelling Drone Attack In Iraq
Iraq

Video Emerges Of Centurion Cannon And Missile Repelling Drone Attack In Iraq

There have been two unsuccessful suicide drone attacks in as many days targeting facilities in Iraq that host American troops.

Watch These Russian Su-30 Fighter Jets Fire Eight Air-To-Air Missiles Simultaneously
Russia

Watch These Russian Su-30 Fighter Jets Fire Eight Air-To-Air Missiles Simultaneously

The live-fire exercise is one of the biggest of its kind that we've seen and has an important training function.

750 F-35s Now Delivered, Navy To Put Some Of Its Oldest Test Models Into Storage
F-35

750 F-35s Now Delivered, Navy To Put Some Of Its Oldest Test Models Into Storage

The F-35 program has hit a major production milestone as primary test efforts are finally spinning down.

A Coast Guard MH-65 Dolphin Helicopter Can Fit Inside A C-130
U.S. Coast Guard

A Coast Guard MH-65 Dolphin Helicopter Can Fit Inside A C-130

The Coast Guard prides itself on self-reliance, exemplified by this image of one of its Dolphin helicopters being transported by one of its C-130s.

Biden Briefly Stuck On Air Force One After Snow Storm Landing At Andrews AFB (Updated)
Foreign VVIP Transport

Biden Briefly Stuck On Air Force One After Snow Storm Landing At Andrews AFB (Updated)

It was snowing so hard that the airstair truck got stuck, delaying Biden and his entourage from deplaning promptly after arriving.

Iranian-Backed Houthi Rebels Show Off Captured Saudi Weapons After Seizing Cargo Ship
Iran

Iranian-Backed Houthi Rebels Show Off Captured Saudi Weapons After Seizing Cargo Ship

While Houthi rebels in Yemen have launched multiple attacks on ships over the years, actually seizing one is much rarer for the group.

Suicide Drones Shot Down Over Baghdad Airport On Anniversary Of Soleimani Killing
Loitering Munitions

Suicide Drones Shot Down Over Baghdad Airport On Anniversary Of Soleimani Killing

The attempt to hit the U.S. military compound on the symbolic date was rebuffed by Centurion point defense gun systems.

French Rafale Naval Fighters Are Headed To India For Ski Jump Carrier Launch Tests
Rafale

French Rafale Naval Fighters Are Headed To India For Ski Jump Carrier Launch Tests

Dassault's Rafale M is competing against Boeing's Super Hornet to supply India with a new carrier-based multi-role fighter.

Bunker Talk: Welcome To 2022 Edition
Bunker Talk

Bunker Talk: Welcome To 2022 Edition

2022 sounds so far into the future, doesn't it?

Watch This C-130 Run For Its Life At Low Level From A Mock Enemy Missile Crew
C-130

Watch This C-130 Run For Its Life At Low Level From A Mock Enemy Missile Crew

Realistic threats on the ground are an important if often underappreciated aspect of the Air Force's Red Flag air combat exercises.